diff --git a/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.cpp b/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.cpp
index 3159026e6b92355ba7480b09535388c969a504e2..8ef5e9d0c116dd088b5c5c318dfb47c245b471fa 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.cpp
@@ -166,11 +166,21 @@ MultiGradientMachine::MultiGradientMachine(const ModelConfig& config,
 
   outArgStream_ = HPPL_STREAM_1;
 
+  start();
+}
+
+void MultiGradientMachine::start() {
   for (auto& thread : threads_) {
     thread->start();
   }
 }
 
+void MultiGradientMachine::finish() {
+  for (auto& thread : threads_) {
+    thread->stop();
+  }
+}
+
 std::vector<const std::vector<ParameterPtr>*>
 MultiGradientMachine::getSlaveParameters() {
   std::vector<const std::vector<ParameterPtr>*> vec;
@@ -326,12 +336,6 @@ void MultiGradientMachine::onPassEnd() {
   }
 }
 
-void MultiGradientMachine::finish() {
-  for (auto& thread : threads_) {
-    thread->stop();
-  }
-}
-
 Evaluator* MultiGradientMachine::makeEvaluator() const {
   return threads_[0]->getGradientMachine()->makeEvaluator();
 }
@@ -445,7 +449,7 @@ TrainerThread::TrainerThread(const ModelConfig& config,
 
   gradStream_ = HPPL_STREAM_2;
   valueStream_ = HPPL_STREAM_3;
-  stopping_ = false;
+  stopping_ = true;
   updateCounter_ = 0;
   parameterUpdated_ = false;
 }
@@ -453,6 +457,10 @@ TrainerThread::TrainerThread(const ModelConfig& config,
 TrainerThread::~TrainerThread() { stop(); }
 
 void TrainerThread::start() {
+  if (!stopping_) return;
+
+  stopping_ = false;
+
   gradientMachine_->start();
 
   computeThread_.reset(new std::thread([this]() { computeThread(); }));
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.h b/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.h
index 70203bbb97fe79d72fbc6bd2b5d427cb1de7b61f..5e7622f929fd57de6e38855528a752b5586c4cd1 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.h
+++ b/paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/MultiGradientMachine.h
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ public:
 
   explicit MultiGradientMachine(const ModelConfig& config, bool useGpu);
 
+  virtual void start();
+
+  virtual void finish();
+
   virtual void prefetch(const std::vector<Argument>& inArgs);
 
   virtual void forward(const std::vector<Argument>& inArgs,
@@ -193,8 +197,6 @@ public:
 
   virtual void onPassEnd();
 
-  virtual void finish();
-
   virtual Evaluator* makeEvaluator() const;
 
   virtual void eval(Evaluator* evaluator) const;